Food Expert - Girona

Mafer Ai; Oña; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity

Relocation bonus €5,000

Housing support

10% long-term research time

Descripción de la vacante

Mafer Ai seeks a hands-on Food Scientist who has worked in industry and in real kitchens of R&D teams. You will translate R&D knowledge into software used by R&D and quality teams daily, working directly with clients to build models and product modules with our engineers.

The role requires PhD-level depth in food science or related fields, experience with ingredient functionality, and comfort handling data with Python. You must be fluent in Spanish and English and willing to travel to plants.

Formación

• Hands-on R&D in a food or beverage company, not purely academic.
• PhD or equivalent depth in food science, food chemistry or nutrition.
• Understanding of product behavior: ingredients, processes, stability, shelf life.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate directly with clients to translate R&D knowledge into software solutions for R&D and quality teams.
• Build models and product modules with engineers to support client needs.
• Travel to plants as part of project delivery and validation.

Conocimientos

R&D experience in food/bev

Python proficiency

Willingness to travel to plants

Educación

PhD or equivalent in food science/food chemistry/nutrition

Herramientas

Python

Descripción del empleo

Mafer is building the future of R&D in food and chemicals.

We are looking for a food scientist who has worked in industry and in the real kitchens of R&D teams (test kitchens, pilot plants, production lines) and wants to turn that knowledge into software used by R&D and quality teams every day. You will work directly with clients and build models and product modules with our engineers.

YOU MAY BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE

• Hands-on R&D experience in a food or beverage company. Essential: not a purely academic profile.
• A PhD or equivalent depth in food science, food chemistry or nutrition.
• Real understanding of how a product behaves: ingredient functionality, process, stability, shelf life.
• Confidence working with data and Python.
• Spanish and English, and willingness to travel to plants.
• Experience in bakery, dairy, beverages or plant-based, predictive models applied to food, and EU food regulation are highly valued.

• early-stage equity
• a €5,000 relocation bonus
• support finding housing
• 10% of your time for long-term research

mafer.ai/careers/food-expert